January 10th Deaths (Here)January 10th Events:49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire (Battle of Vaslui).1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.1776 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.1806 – Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.1810 – The marriage Between Napoleon & Josephine is annulled.1861 – Florida secedes from the Union (American Civil War).1863 – The London Underground opens between London Paddington station & Farringdon station.1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.1920 – The League of Nations holds its first meeting, & ratifies the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I.1922 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Irish Free State.1923 – Lithuania seizes & annexes Memel.1941 – Lend-Lease is introduced in the U.S. Congress.1941 – The Greek army captures Kleisoura (World War II).1946 – First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London (51 nations represented).1962 – NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster (Apollo Project).1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns as president to the newly independent Bangladesh.1984 – The United States & the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations (after 117 years).1990 – Time Warner is formed from merger of Time Inc. & Warner Communications Inc.2001 – Large section of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.2005 – A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people.